Ustad Mohammad-Hussain Sarāhang (1917–1983) was a classical ghazal singer and an exponent of Indian classical music from Kabul, Afghanistan. Ustad Sarahang (née Mohammad-Hussain) was born in 1917 in the Kharabat area of Kabul, an old district known for introducing some of the country’s greatest musicians. He was the second oldest son of the great musician Ustad Ghulam Hussain Khan, founder of contemporary music of Afghanistan, who taught his son the basics of music. Sarahang studied Indian classical music in the Patiala style of singing for 16 years under Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan.
Sarahang returned to Kabul at the age of 29. He typically performed various genres of classical and semi-classical music including raga, khayal, thumri, tarana and ghazal. He usually sang the ghazals of Amir Khusrow and Abul Ma’āni Bedil, famous poets who wrote in Persian, as he was a Bedil Shenās (Bedil Expert).
He wrote two books about classical music, Qānūn-e Tarab (The Law of Music) and Mūssīqī-e Rāg-hā (Music of Ragas). He has also created or composed several ragas including Hazra and Minamanee.
He earned the following titles and degrees from various music conferences and schools of India:
- Honorary Degrees of Master, Doctor and Professor of Music from Kalakendra School of Music, Kolkuta
- Title of Sangeet Sameru “Koh-e Beland” (High Mountain of Music) from Chandigarh college of Music, Chandigarh
- Title of “Sar Taj-e Musiqee” (Top Crown of Music) from Central School of Music, 1971, Allahabad
- Title of “Baba-e Musiqee Patiala” (The Father of Patiala Style Music) in his final performance of tribute to Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan in New Delhi, 1979
- Title of “Sher-e Musiqee” (Lion of Music) in his last performance in Allahabad, 1982
